Johnny Tremain Summary
Esther Forbes

Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes - 1943 Introduction Esther Forbes believed that history is not about events as much as it is about people. As a result, Johnny Tremain, a historical novel set in colonia... Read more

While Esther Forbes was primarily a writer of adult historical fiction, her two attempts at writing for children. Johnny Tremain (1943) and America's Paul Revere (1948), have won universal critical ac... Read more

Critical Essay by Alice M. Jordan The publication of Johnny Tremain gives young people an outstanding novel of Revolutionary days in Boston, and may well be counted a red-letter event in children�... Read more

Critical Essay by Ellen Lewis Buell Only a master craftsman, and one who has worked so much in the period that it has become a kind of second home in time, would dare to undertake that most familiar o... Read more

Critical Essay by Alice M. Jordan Johnny Tremain may well be counted the first classic story of Boston for young people. This is not alone because of the accurate picture of the pre-Revolutionary town... Read more

Critical Essay by Margery Fisher [Johnny Tremain] was first published in the United States in 1943 and is now accepted as a classic in both our countries. [Fisher is a British critic.] It deserves the... Read more

Critical Essay by Dorothy H. Nelson [Johnny Tremain] is a natural for the Bicentennial year. Students can identify with Johnny, for his was the arrogance of today. He plunged heart and soul into the r... Read more

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes is a remarkable story about a young boy named Johnny who changes throughout the book. The story takes place in Boston in a little house within Hancock's Wharf on Fish S... Read more

Johnny Tremain Book Notes is a free study guide on Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary   Ch... Read more